New Delhi, July 20 -- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Saturday laid the foundation stone for what is being described as the world's largest curd manufacturing plant under the Amul Bengal Dairy Project in Kolkata, saying the investment would strengthen West Bengal's dairy economy, improve incomes of livestock rearers and advance the Centre's vision of "White Revolution 2.0".

The project, coming up at the Howrah Food Park with an investment of around Rs.700 crore, is expected to process 30 lakh litres of milk daily once fully operational. In its first phase, the plant will process 10 lakh litres of milk every day and is projected to benefit around 1.2 lakh milk-producing livestock rearers. According to the gove...